Feelings, the latest release from Brian Browne, celebrates great songs in the
jazz repertiore with Brian's own unique and beautiful solo jazz piano
interpretations. One of Canada's jazz greats, Brian's take on Feelings makes
this often overlooked tune a legit standard in the midst of so many other
great songs on this album.

The Erindale Sessions now available on CD
Visit the CDs/DVDs section for details.

Montreal-born pianist Brian Browne has long been regarded as one of the leading proponents of jazz piano in Canada. Browne's distinctive, bluesy piano style swings with traces of Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Errol Garner and Bill Evans, yet the sound is unmistakably his own.

Brian is currently living and working in Ottawa, having come full circle in a career that took him to Toronto and New York. He now divides his time between performing at festivals, concerts, jazz venues, private functions and teaching.

Brian's recordings: Blue Browne, Tramps, Beatles, Live at the Park Plaza, The Letter, Quiet Night, Odyssey, Live at the National Arts Centre, and the Erindale Sessions, are now all available on CD.

In 1969, CBC Television produced "The Jazz Piano", a special arts programme
featuring a select group of jazz pianists: Errol Garner, Bill Evans, Marian
McPartland, and Brian Browne. A Canadian jazz pianist extraordinaire, Brian
Browne has a unique natural gift for music that is manifested through a
highly individual sense of musical artistry - a gift which granted Browne a
certain membership to the distinguished company featured in the programme.

Brian Browne has produced seven recordings that have come to be treasured
by those who possess them. "The Letter", issued by Capital Recordings was a
recognized hit. It featured the composition "Morning Noon and Night-time Too",
for which Browne won the coveted BMI Composition of the Year award in 1974.
With a musical career that spans over fifty years, he has gained a reputation
as a true Canadian jazz legend. Recently, he returned to Canada from a 10 year
stay in New York City where his album "Live at Tramps" was recorded.

Originally from Montreal, Browne moved as a teenager to Ottawa, where his
musical career soon began. By the age of eighteen he was playing in local
clubs and soon had his own CBC radio programme. He studied at the Berklee
School of Music and later won a scholarship to study with Oscar Peterson
in Toronto. In 1986 he opened Zoe's Lounge in Ottawa's Chateau Laurier
hotel and remained there for a year as musical director. He subsequently
moved to New York City, where he spent several years actively in the music
scene. With his return to Ottawa, long-time fans of Browne's soulful,
swinging piano sound are once again delighted by his local appearances.

Feelings (new release)

There are so many great songs celebrated here. The fact that Feelings
made the cut is a testament to the possibilities that were always there.
Brian's treatment of these great tunes on solo piano, rich with harmonic
sensitivity, is a treat for long-time jazz fans and newcomers alike.

Be My Love

Old Folks

The Nearness of You

It Might As Well Be Spring

Just Friends

For Carol

All the Things You Are

I'll Be Around

Come Sunday

Fools Rush In

Because

Danny Boy

Feelings

'Round Midnight

The Good Life

The Erindale Sessions

Compiled from annual shows at Erindale Secondary School, Mississauga, during the late'70s and early '80s. Erindale's Marvin Munshaw recently discovered the tapes and contacted Brian who put together the very best from these Erindale sessions. Brian has dedicated the album to Munshaw, more a jazz impresario than a music teacher, who brought greats such as Oscar Peterson, Phil Nimmons and of course the Brian Browne Trio to play at the school.

The Brian Browne Trio live at the NAC 4th Stage, this CD and companion DVD will treat you to the experience of a live performance with the Brian Browne Trio. With fantastic live footage and audio, this beautiful package will delight fans and newcomers alike. Enjoy a wonderful evening of jazz at its finest with the Brian Browne Trio, featuring Paul Novotny on bass and Daniel Barnes on drums.

1. Solo-Medly
Waters of Erin
A Felicidade
Wait till you see her
2. St. Lois Blues
3. Once I loved
4. Whisper not
5. Georgia On My Mind
6. Send in the Clowns
7. There is no greater love
8. Besame Mucho
9. Skating in Central Park
10. I Remember Clifford
11. A Certain Smile
12. I'll Remember April

Christmas

The new solo piano release "Christmas" - The spirit of the season captured in
the rich harmonies of Brian Browne at the piano! Recorded on a 9 foot Steinway,
this broad selection of Christmas songs old and new, familiar and rare, is a
perfect context for warm, blues-tinged jazz interpretations.

After laying hidden for years, a master recording of a rare solo piano concert for the CBC has made its debut on CD. Digitally remastered and now available for the first time, Odyssey is a compilation of Brian Browne originals that, one afternoon in 1986, were laid down on tape before an audience enraptured by the endless improvisational creativity of Browne playing at his peak. A treaure.

Recorded live at the intimate Cafe Paradiso in Ottawa, the new release from
the Brian Browne Trio is a musical treat that will set the perfect note for
a Quiet Night of beautiful, warm and sensitively interpreted music.

By the way, if straight lines are your thing, make one to your record player,
or, better still, to the Rowland Emmet Lounge, Park Plaza, Toronto. There's
something for the eye and very definitely something for the ear.

Track listing
1. If I Were a Carpenter
2. Hi-Heel Sneakers
3. Medley: A Salty Dog / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
4. What the World Needs Now is Love
5. The Bread Song (B. Browne)
6. Games People Play 2:00
7. Morning, Noon and Night-time too (B. Browne)
8. The Letter

We met a butterfly
Sitting in the evening sun
Waiting for the bats to come out and play
We didn't know him
But he seemed to know us

From nuance to shout, Brian Browne's style is well suited to his numerous jazz trio and concert appearances across North America. Television and recording artist, soloist and studio musisian, all these avenues reveal Brian's sensitivity for melody and feel for a "groove".

Listen, people! And they do when Brian Browne and his trio take over. Then a certain magic pours through the room and you can hear the tinkling of glasses. Here's a tale of talent, of music warm, close, the music you like to have surround you, like to keep around you.
Great listening, every time!

Subscribe to the Brian Browne Friend's newsletter to receive email notification
of special events and performances. Your email will be kept confidential.

Subscribe
Unsubscribe

Thank you for your interest in BrianBrowne.com!

Recent photos on BrianBrowne.com:

The following are previously unreleased recordings and not found on
any Brian Browne album. Please enjoy these tracks courtesy of BrianBrowne.com.